A Munich court of appeal
upheld a lower court ruling, that ordered German
website Heise.de to remove a hyperlink to SlySoft's
website. SlySoft is the maker of ANYDVD, a software
product that allows cracking the copyright protection
found on most DVD-Video discs, and CloneCD, a tool that
allows backing up copy protected audio CDs.

According to the ruling, Heise is free
to report on software that can crack copy-protection mechanisms on DVDs,
but has to refrain from linking to the software vendor's homepage.
Freedom of the press does not protect Heise's right to link to the goods.